Preterm prelabor rupture of membranes and fetal survival after minimally invasive fetal surgery: A systematic review of the literature

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-9

  Beck, Veronika ^a,c   Lewi, Paul ^a   Gucciardo, Leonardo ^a,b   Devlieger, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acardiac twin; Cord occlusion; Fetal shunt; Fetal therapy; Laser ablation; Laser coagulation; Lower urinary tract obstruction; Obstructive uropathy; Premature rupture of membrane; Twin reversed arterial perfusion; Twin twin transfusion syndrome

Indexed keywords

DELIVERY; FETUS SURGERY; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; LABOR; LASER SURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHUNTING; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; FETOSCOPY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 84857363773     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000331165     Document Type: Review

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